George Hilliard
Canadian politician
Intro | Canadian politician | |
Places | Canada | |
was | Politician | |
Work field | Politics | |
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Birth | 1827 | |
Death | 23 May 1892 (aged 65 years) | |
Politics: | Liberal-Conservative Party |
George Hilliard (1827 – May 23, 1892) was a Canadian businessman and politician from the province of Ontario.
Born in Morrisburg, Upper Canada, the son of Christopher Hilliard, a British officer, and Catherine Meyer, Hilliard came to Peterborough County in 1847. He began working as a clerk in Peterborough in 1847. He opened his own general store with his brother and later managed a lumber business. In 1862, he purchased a saw mill and afterwards a large stone flouring mill. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Peterborough West in the 1878 election. A Liberal-Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1882 election.